Since 2000, the Gulf Coast states – Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida – have experienced a series of hurricanes, multiple floods and severe storms, and one oil spill. These disasters have not only been numerous but also devastating. Response to and recovery from these unprecedented disasters has been fraught with missteps in management. In efforts to avoid similar failures in the future, government agencies and policy practitioners have looked to recast emergency manageme...

Ross Campbell always had a thing for Callie Jones when they were growing up, but she was one of the “Jones girls,” from the richest family in the county, far above him, untouchable. Now Ross, deputy for a corrupt county sheriff, finds Callie stranded in the pouring rain on the side of the road–on her wedding day.Ross gallantly gives her a ride, but when the wedding is a disaster, Ross is the rock that keeps Callie standing. Her high-school crush has grown up to be a gorgeous, hard-...

Ross Campbell always had a thing for Callie Jones when they were growing up, but she was one of the “Jones girls,” from the richest family in the county, far above him, untouchable. Now Ross, deputy for a corrupt county sheriff, finds Callie stranded in the pouring rain on the side of the road–on her wedding day.Ross gallantly gives her a ride, but when the wedding is a disaster, Ross is the rock that keeps Callie standing. Her high-school crush has grown up to be a gorgeous, hard-...

Deputy Ross Campbell hatte schon als Teenager eine Schwäche für Callie Jones, aber als Tochter eines der reichsten Männer des Countys war sie für ihn unerreichbar. Doch dann liest er Callie im strömenden Regen am Straßenrand auf – an ihrem Hochzeitstag.Ross fährt sie kurzerhand in seinem Streifenwagen zur Kirche, aber die Dinge laufen nicht so, wie Callie es sich vorgestellt hatte. Zu allem Überfluss muss sie außerdem feststellen, dass ihr geheimer Highschool-Schwarm zu einem atemb...

Today the Millennial generation, the cohort born from the early 1980s to the late 1990s, is the largest generation in the United States. It exceeds one-quarter of the population and is the most diverse generation in U.S. history. Millennials grew up experiencing September 11, the global proliferation of the Internet and of smart phones, and the worst economic recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Their young adulthood has been marked by rates of unemployment and underemploymen...

物理治療師✕徒手訓練專家聯手用徒手訓練動作，提升肌力、改善疼痛、預防傷害改善五十肩、網球肘、膝關節炎一覺起來，突然覺得身體哪裡痛痛的，或是常常莫名覺得哪裡「怪怪的」？很多人以為身體疼痛不適，一定是「做了什麼」，但是其實大部分的不適原因，來自於生活、工作那些不經意的動作與習慣，長期下來造成肌肉骨骼功能失調。透過「徒手訓練」加強體能，提升肌力，就能有效預防傷害、改善疼痛。★為什麼**「徒手訓練」可以全面解身體的痛？**傳統物理治療多半採用孤立式的訓練及矯正動作，無法全面改善身體各部位功能，效果有限。透過徒手訓練，可以讓肌力得到全面鍛鍊，除了啟動主要的動作肌群外，還能加強輔助和穩定肌群，同步整合肌力、活動度，以及肌群啟動模式。

This edited volume brings together voices of Latinx students, teachers, teacher educators, and education allies in Latinx communities to reveal ways in which today’s sociopolitical context has given rise to politically-sanctioned hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric. Contributors—key stakeholders in the education of immigrant Latinx children, youth, and college students—share how this rhetoric has exacerbated existing systemic injustices within K-Higher Education. They draw attention to counter...

Communicating Intimate Health presents an edited collection of original, empirical research, personal essays, autoethnography, critical reviews, and theoretical work showcasing advances in intimate health research from the field of communication studies. Intimate health includes sexual and reproductive health, sexual activity, sexuality, gender, and reproductive justice. The contributors vulnerably engage subjects including: parent-child, partner, patient-provider, and larger societal disc...

As an aspiring or seasoned writer, do you feel like you aren't making headway, stumbling on what to write next, or wondering if you're even on the right path? Are you unable to find the motivation to charge up your computer and put your fingers on the keyboard after that last rejection?Between the pages of What I Wish I'd Known: For Writers, 100 highly accomplished authors share their time, energy, and knowledge to pay it forward and inspire other writers, experienced or a...

They say you always want what you can't have...And in my tiny, upper-class town, everyone wants the Savage Six. Whether it’s to be them, beat them, or f*ck them depends on who you ask.But for me… it’s Cole Callahan that I want.The Savage Society’s unofficial leader—and my dad’s best friend.He pretends I don’t exist… at least until my eighteenth birthday.That’s when everything changes, and this dangerous, ruthless man decides that I’m...

Strength and sacrifice. Toughness and tenderness. Success and struggles. These elements—ever present in the world of sports—are also among the beautiful and challenging dichotomies at the heart of working motherhood.Tough as a Mother tackles motherhood in a whole new way, bringing all moms up close and personal with some of the biggest names in sports while showcasing the shared strengths—the Tough Mother Tenets—that empower us all.U.S. Soccer star Alex Morgan; Oly...

Blind Visionaries and AI: Seeing Differently explores how people living with vision loss are reshaping their lives through artificial intelligence and other technologies. Edited by Dagmar Jamieson, who lost her sight to cone-rod dystrophy, and Mark Rawleigh, diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, the book gathers the voices of blind and partially sighted artists, scholars, and researchers who have embraced AI tools in creative and practical ways. Contributors include Ashley King, Dr. John-Ro...